BCG Daily Friday 6th December 2013

Misfits series 5 episode 7 review

The season finale is almost upon us and if this episode is anything to go by, it's gonna be epic.

Jonathan Ross judges Tom Daley interview to perfection

The Wossy of old might have struggled with this chat. Get the tone wrong with Tom Daley, and a nation would have been on his back. But actually, Wossy judged this one to perfection.

Frankie Boyle angers with 'sick' Nelson Mandela tweet

Frankie Boyle has once again provoked the ire of the nation with comments made on Twitter following the death of Nelson Mandela.

Misfits, 5.7 - review

It's the penultimate episode of the last ever Misfits series, and despite this week's story being a quasi-remake of an early classic, this one was nevertheless very entertaining and pushed the show's arcs along in big ways ready for next week's finale.

Arnold Brown: Comedy, crowdfunding and chutzpah

Hello. I'm Arnold Brown. I've been referred to as 'the grandfather of alternative comedy'. Right now, I find myself at the early stages of both a film project and a crowd funding campaign.

The Establishment Club make a return appearance

The first event will take place on December 15 and the eclectic line-up includes Scott Capurro, Professor Laurie Taylor, Man Booker prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson, Scottish comic Arnold Brown and music from Niggaz with Croissants and other surprise guests. As before Keith Allen will be master of ceremonies.

Simon Amstell apologises for Mandela comment on Radio 1

Simon Amstell has apologised for a comment he made in reference to Nelson Mandela on Radio 1's Breakfast Show.

Alan Davies interview

With his schoolboy charm and unruly curls, British comedian Alan Davies has cemented his place in the affections of TV viewers around the world.

Radio Times review

A nicely mellow and civilised gathering in the QI studio this week. Whether because there are two female guests (Sue Perkins and Victoria Coren Mitchell) or because the male one is that charming gentleman of the cloth Rev Richard Coles, it all feels pleasantly collegiate and polite, with no trumping-each-other's-gags.

Coles has almost as many quite interesting titbits of knowledge to chip in as the host (if a clergyman goes to a black-tie do, he can't have a stripe down his trousers, apparently...), but it's Coren Mitchell who makes us long to know more when she teases Fry about a poker game they once played - with Martin Amis and Ricky Gervais. Quite a night.